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Renedo Extends San Antonio de Padua Festivities While Neighboring Towns Conclude Celebrations

Communities across Spain have marked San Antonio de Padua through masses, dances, processions; Renedo’s program brings together 57 peñas for a daylong celebration.

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Overview

  • La Mudarra’s festivities opened with a diana floreada, a solemn mass by Mario Martín and a procession where residents danced before the saint’s image followed by wine and live music
  • Herrín de Campos restored its traditional danzas del paloteo with choreographed stick dances at multiple stops in the procession and a communal tour of local bodegas
  • In Renedo, a misa mayor and subsequent procession featured the municipal folklore school and drew support from 1,700 participants across 57 peñas
  • Attendees in Renedo refueled with a popular meal at the Polideportivo Fernando Expósito and took part in a San Antonio bolos contest at the Jesús Vela bowling alley
  • Renedo’s June 14 agenda includes a peñas yincana, a petanca tournament, the DJ-led La Carpuca festival and a paella competition to crown the best dish